On August 28, 1945, when Chairman Mao and his party arrived in Chongqing, under the arrangement of Premier Zhou and General Zhang Zhizhong, they stayed at the residence of General Zhang Zhizhong, and at about 8:30 p.m., Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, Wang Ruofei, and others, accompanied by important Kuomintang officials General Zhang Zhizhong and Shao Lizi, were invited to Chiang Kai-shek's mansion to attend the welcome party.
This was the first meeting between Chairman Mao on behalf of the head of the Communist Party and Chiang Kai-shek on behalf of the head of the Kuomintang, and after the meeting, both sides showed great respect for each other, chairman Mao called Chiang Kai-shek "chairman of the committee," and Chiang Kai-shek called Chairman Mao "Runzhi." Many of the senior executives who accompanied Chiang Kai-shek, such as Zhang Qun, Chen Cheng, Zhou Zhirou, Chiang Ching-kuo, and others, also had contact with Chairman Mao one by one on the recommendation of Premier Zhou and General Zhang Zhizhong.
That night, Chiang Kai-shek also invited Chairman Mao to stay in the forest garden, which was Chairman Mao's first night in Chongqing and an extremely harmonious night. The atmosphere of the day was in sharp contrast with the fierce quarrels in the future, and a pair of old rivals who had competed for more than ten years gathered happily this time, and this cordial and harmonious atmosphere between the two sides showed the participants a kind of expectation that the peace talks were promising.
Behind the superficial harmony, there is often a bottomless suspicion and struggle, and in Chiang Kai-shek's diary of October 30, Chiang Kai-shek's evaluation of Chairman Mao's party coming to Chongqing was "Mao Zedong's fruit was summoned to Chongqing, although this was caused by Virtue, but it was also given by God." Among them, the word "called" can be said to fully express Chiang Kai-shek's proud mentality, he has never looked at the CCP with an equal heart, in his mind, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are more like a kind of monarch-vassal relationship in the feudal era, and the so-called harmony at the banquet is just a dress for the world to see.
During the 43 days of the Chongqing talks, Chairman Mao and Chiang Kai-shek met 11 times, and several times they met alone, and the specific content of the talks is unknown, but judging from the fact that the content of the negotiations set up later was divided into three articles, the first of which was "the great plan for peaceful nation-building." There was not much discussion in the negotiations between Premier Zhou and General Zhang Zhizhong and others.
Chairman Mao's visit to Chongqing and his meeting with Chiang Kai-shek also deepened their understanding of each other. According to the "History of Chen Bray's Foreign History", regarding Chairman Mao's smoking, Chiang Kai-shek chiang kai-shek once said to Chen Brei: "Mao Zedong is not a man to be despised. He was addicted to smoke, holding a wisp in his hand, and it kept going... But when he knew I wasn't a smoker, he never smoked one during his conversation with me. For his determination and spirit, we must not underestimate him! ”
After Chairman Mao returned to Yan'an, he also talked to President Zhu about his views on Chiang Kai-shek, "I see that Chiang Kai-shek is very fierce and afraid of things. This means that Chiang Kai-shek is strong in the middle of the work, is not decisive in doing things, is indecisive, looks ahead and looks backwards, and is worried about this and that.
On October 11, 1945, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong had breakfast together, after which Mao Zedong drove to Chongqing Jiulongpo Airport and set off for Yan'an accompanied by Zhang Zhizhong. Since then, Chairman Mao and Chiang Kai-shek, the two people who decided the future destiny of China, have never met again; on the contrary, the two have launched a war on the land of China that determines the future fate of China with Shenzhou as a chess piece and the fate of the people as the goal.
Whether it is Chairman Mao or Chiang Kai-shek, although their political views are different, in the course of the Chinese nation, both of them are staunch nationalists, and in the subsequent nansha naval battle and the incident of opposing Taiwan independence, the two have the same tacit understanding and the same same purpose.